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The biological mom and daughter moved back to Virginia, and the bio-mom had refused to let her ex-partner to see their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The civil union was dissolved and a Vermont judge decided to support parental role of both moms.  And he might revisit his custody decision if the bio-mom interfered in the relationship between her ex-partner and her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for one mother said the most significant fact about the judge&#8217;s order was how ordinary it was.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8221;These cases should be decided not with a gay exception, but with an eye toward what is in the best interests of the child.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NY Times subscribers can <a href=\"http:\/\/select.nytimes.com\/search\/restricted\/article?res=F00912FE385B0C7A8DDDAF0894DF404482\" target=_\"blank\">read it&#8217;s coverage<\/a> of the story.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Photo: WashingtonPost.com<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a tale of two women who lived together as a couple for several years in Virginia before traveling to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[395,460,490,463,238],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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